STEPBROTHER ALIEN
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Prologue
Present Day:
Harsh winds blow across my face as I race across on the countryside on my motorcycle. I'm not sure what I just saw streaking across the sky an hour ago, but I know that whatever it is it's going to make for one hell of a story. Working as a journalist in a post Internet world might not be the easiest thing in the world, but it pays the bills and lets me look for my stepbrothers. I don't just go after the small stuff either, I want to get down to the nitty gritty and find out not just what's going on in the world, but why as well. And it's because of that that I'm speeding down the highway at three in the morning to investigate the strange lights that suddenly crashed down to earth . Some small part of my brain was screaming at me. Telling me that this was just like that summer all those years ago, but I won't let my hopes get up until I get there.
I thought that I was going to be the first person on the scene, but as I was hurtling along the asphalt an unmarked black SUV zipped past me with astonishing speed. My first reaction was to be angry at the reckless way that they were driving, but upon further reflection I realized that it was probably a government vehicle heading towards the same destination that I was heading out to. If it was a government car then I might just be on to something huge, and if I can just get there before any sort of clean up starts I might just be able to find a clue about where my stepbrothers are.
I don't like to think of myself as a conspiracy theorist as much as a real truth seeker. Sure I've had enough crackpot ideas that the only magazines that will accept my work are akin to the National Enquirer, but that's never been enough of a deterrent for me to stop looking under each and every rock to try and find out what's really going on in the world. Because if I don't who will?
Chapter One
Growing up and beyond.
Ever since my twin stepbrothers disappeared three years ago I've been trying to figure out where they are and what happened to the two of them.
My mom married their father when we were young. Both of them had recently been through messy divorces and were trying to sort out their lives when they found each other. My mom was in the research and development department for a major pharmaceutical company, and my stepfather worked in the legal department for the same company. When it looked like she might be sued for some unintended side effects of a new arthritis treatment she had developed, he was the lawyer that defended her case and saved her career. After the case was closed they started meeting up for drinks regularly, and eventually fell madly in love.
Neither parent came without baggage though, my mom had a daughter (me) –as well as a number of psychoses that she developed after living with an abusive husband for a number of years—and my stepdad Bill had his twin boys and a somewhat manageable drinking problem. My stepbrothers and I were seven when our parents finally tied the know. I can't begin to express how nice it was to have some sense of normalcy return to my life after that happened. I went from a broken home to having a caring dad and two new best